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Jimmy2thou: If you add a 6th option. 'I would rather pay a one off fee to own the software I pay for' I would tick that.

Another thing. If Adobe really want to charge people for new features, why not add the option to allow us to pay for future ACR updates? I'm perfectly happy with everything in Photoshop CS6, so for me ACR is the only thing I would want to pay for. I don't want or need any anti blur features, or radial filters. I would rather know whatever camera I own in the future is supported.

The stupid thing is that for the price of Adobe Photoshop CC for 1 year I could actually buy an F1.4 lens, which would negate the need for the radial blur features anyway.

I could go on, but for me PS CS6 is all anyone really needs. Maybe a developer will bring out a plugin which works like ACR and therefore CS6 becomes the final version of Photoshop for everyone.

I really hope you listen to your users and change your mind on this.

This is another customer who will be opting out.

'Sad Face'

"If Adobe really want to charge people for new features, why not add the option to allow us to pay for future ACR updates? I'm perfectly happy with everything in Photoshop CS6, so for me ACR is the only thing I would want to pay for. I don't want or need any anti blur features, or radial filters. I would rather know whatever camera I own in the future is supported."

YES!!! I upgraded from CS3 to 4 simply so that I could open my 7D raws. I went to CS5 cause the raw processing got better. All the other bells and whistles are only that, mostly bells and whistles I don't care about. I can't figure out why Adobe can't give us Photoshop "light". We just need to open our raws and use layers and work in 16 bit. When was the last time anyone used any of the "filters" still on my filter menu? Anyone out there converting their 5D3 photos into "paintings"?

Owashi: "We don't have plans to make Lightroom a subscription-only option but we do envision added functionality for the CC version of Lightroom."

I don't like the sound of that. So we have to pay for CC or get a dumbed down version of Lightroom?

CarlosC....Check the Adobe website and you ought to be able to find the pages that actually list abilities of Elements. For one, you're stuck in 8-bit (for the most part) so for many that's a deal breaker. Raw converter is also seriously crippled. It's not a bad program but it's a far cry from the "real thing". Here's some more, straight from Adobe...

Josh152: So it seems to me the basic message is "sorry but PHOTOshop is not really meant for photographers anymore so just buy Lightroom and shut up."

Yep, that has got to be one of the oddest things I've heard in a long time. The software synonymous with photo processing just isn't what we're supposed to be using for photos. Someone call Merriam-Webster and have them take "photoshop" out of the dictionary. Replace it with "lightroom".

dcdigitalphoto: Classic Adobe combination of ignoring the questions and not listening to people who actually have bought their software. Everyone loses from this. Hackers will find a way to circumvent their process and people who legitimately buy their software will choose not to.

Shoot foot.Reload.Shoot foot.Reload etc

"people who legitimately buy their software will choose not to"

They will but in the meantime will hope and pray someone somewhere comes up with a viable alternative.

jerrith: Well, actually there's only one group of users to blame and that's all those that copy the software and don't pay license fees at all. Those are the one's that make companies like Adobe look for ways how to make sure there are only legal versions available and thus turn to something like the cloud where you can't use your illegal copy of the software anymore.It's a sad fact, but it's us legal users who willingly pay for a great piece of software engineering that take the fall for all the thieves out there. For every legal version in use there are multiple illegal versions downloaded. If nobody used illegal software, companies would be able to drop their price easily as they could sell more copies. But hey, downloading software isn't stealing, right? YES IT IS!!

Oh, so now Adobe has cut off the pirates have they? Good. So that means higher revenue right? So why have they at the same time effectively doubled the price along with it? Because they can. It has nothing to do with a few illegal copies out there and everything with obscene greed.

The issue that Adobe is ignoring and some people are forgetting is that third party plugins have usually been far better at doing what they do than Adobe's attempts. Adobe should have in the past and should in the future stick with what they do best and leave the Camera Shake Reduction to those who have already done it and probably still do it better. And really, I need to reduce the camera shake in my photos? Those that had any have long since been binned. Would that go a long way in reducing the price of Adobe products? Should but probably won't. They've gotten pretty greedy and have figured out a way to ensure a steady stream of gold going their way. And who will suffer? It'll be my customers cause I sure will pass this increase of doing business on to their wallets. That's if no one comes up with a viable alternative to this program before my CS6 becomes obsolete.

Deano255: It sounds like a lot of people who are complaining the loudest are people who have pirated (i.e. stolen) the software and seem to feel they are entitled to it and upgrades forever. Do you steal your cameras too? Sorry, no sympathy here. Your piracy just drives up the costs for us who do pay. Adobe is a company selling intellectual property, not a welfare institution.

And how actually have you come to the conclusion that most people here have pirated any software from adobe? And have you actually done some simple math here? Legit users are now going to be asked to pretty much buy the software in its entirety each and every year now. The days of buying once, and paying upgrade prices are gone. $200-ish every two years or so? Now it's $1200 every two years. Enjoy it if you want. Sorry if the rest of us are a little steamed over the gouging.

(unknown member): Funny thing is, the majority of the whiners here will be using Photoshop CC a year from now.

Every time a new version of Photoshop comes out people come out of the woodwork to swear they will never use an Adobe product again...it's rather amusing!

Maybe not a year from now but at some point those that find they can't live without it will be forced to due to unsupported OS or plugins. In the meantime, I'll be finally be seriously looking at the competition. And I don't find anything at all funny about this. Adobe has seriously screwed their users who will have to scramble for alternatives or hand over an exorbitant amount of cash, month after month after month. Obscene is the word I'd choose for it.

Marques Lamont: $49.99 USD per month for 12 months is not bad. It's like renting software.

It's $12.50 per week. That's the same as eating McDonalds twice a week.

This is just to eliminate piracy. I don't think it's a bad thing, as piracy almost KILLED the design industry.

Your revenue stream must be pretty sweet if you don't mind shelling out $600/yr. Don't forget a few things though. Not everyone lives in the U.S. and currency values fluctuate so other countries could be paying far more than $600/yr. And if you're planning on being in business for even just ten more years, can you justify $6k just for one bloody program? As it is, I've been shelling out for upgrades after the initial purchase and over the last ten, it's far far far far less than that (cause I don't always go version to version and have skipped some), I can tell you. THAT is what this is all about. It's always about money but this is obscene.

I think many will try to milk CS6 for as long as possible but adobe knows they have dedicated users over the fence since sooner or later OS updates will no longer support it, plugins won't and you (if you have to have it) will have no choice. Hope too your computer doesn't crash cause I remember hearing that they won't even re-validate the license of out dated software after so many years. What an opportunity for competition to come out with the next great "photoshop".

I've been thinking for a few years now about switching from Photoshop to something else. I've dreaded something like this coming along ever since they started their cloud (read:rent) option becoming their only option. Have I got this right...$360 year 1, $600 each after that? Are they kidding? Even as a professional, I can't justify spending near $6k over the next ten years alone. Guess they're forcing me into going to DXO or someone else for a raw converter and now I have to find something for editing. I know most out there love lightroom, but I don't. Like others I'll milk my CS6 for as long as possible but then it'll be farewell adobe, it was sort of nice knowing you. You may have beaten the pirates (not saying that's a bad thing) but you're sure kicking the crap out of your loyal users. Ciao.

Seeing as how it's now Monday, I expect I'll probably stop laughing come Saturday. Or maybe not. This is almost as hilarious as the iphone dohicky that attached it to your hotshoe to amuse infants while you took their photos.

"I do wonder, though, if these kinds of "in your face" photogs will lead to legislative action against street shooters."I'm probably in the minority here but I hope so. There's a lack of privacy in public and that goes with the territory but on the other hand, I don't need to be assaulted and you'd think that people would get some sort of say on their image generating revenue for someone else. Really. Just because I was on the street?